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“From the beginning, our relationship was formula for disaster. Depressed people often attract unhealthy relationships and inadvertently subject themselves and their already battered self-image, to additional abuse… You feel as if you are worthless so you attach yourself to someone who you think will give your life some meaning, be a safe harbor for your souls. But only you can protect what’s inside.”
― Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
― Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
“The illusion of strength has been and continues to be of major significance to me as a black woman. The one myth that I have had to endure my entire life is that of my supposed birthright to strength. Black women are supposed to be strong – caretakers, nurtures, healers of other people – any of the twelve dozen variations of Mammy. Emotional hardship is supposed to be built into the structure of our lives. It went along with the territory of being both black and female in a society that completely undervalues the lives of black people and regards all women as second-class citizens. It seemed that suffering, for a black woman, was part of the package.
Or so I thought.”
― Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
Or so I thought.”
― Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
“Racism is definitely in the eye of the beholder. White people have at hand the privilege of choosing whether to see or not see the racism that takes place around them. If Dr. Fitzgerald could not ‘fathom’ my reality as a black person, how would he be able to assess or address the rage, the fear and the host of other complex emotions that go hand-in-hand with being black in a racist society? For whatever reasons, seeing a black therapist had never crossed my mind, until then.”
― Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
― Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
“Why do you give people so much power over you? That M.D. behind his name just means that he’s trained to facilitate your healing. You’re the one who’s actually got to make it happen. Therapy doesn’t work unless you know what you want out of it. You’re the one who has the power to change things.”
― Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
― Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
“I’ve frequently been told things like: “Girl, you’ve been hanging out with too many white folk” ; “What do you have to be depressed about? If our people could make it through slavery, we can make it through anything” ; “Take your troubles to Jesus, not no damn psychiatrist.”
― Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
― Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression
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